by Max Barry

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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,389thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 4,669thMost Advanced Public Education: 5,950th
The Existential Crisis of
Liberal Democratic Socialists
The Nation This Region Derserves!
Influence
Sprat
Region
Civil Rights
Very Good
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Superb

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Southern Gotham

Population17.38 billion

CapitalSalad City

Currencydoge
AnimalPlatypus Bear

The Existential Crisis of Southern Gotham is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 17.38 billion Gothamens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salad City. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Southern Gothamen economy, worth a remarkable 1,646 trillion doges a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 94,736 doges, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers find that home gadgets and power tools are more effective as improvised weapons than the guns they've been issued, the official Southern Gothamen Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, Southern Gothamen police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, and the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southern Gotham's national animal is the Platypus Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Southern Gotham is ranked 8,250th in the world and 425th in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,852.68 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,389thHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 4,669thMost Advanced Public Education: 5,950thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 6,023rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 7,773rdMost Beautiful Environments: 8,250thBest Weather: 8,621stLeast Corrupt Governments: 8,958thMost Advanced Public Transport: 10,324thLongest Average Lifespans: 10,875thMost Pacifist: 11,323rdMost Inclusive: 11,588thMost Compassionate Citizens: 11,683rdNicest Citizens: 12,154thHighest Food Quality: 12,295thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 12,347thSmartest Citizens: 12,765thTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 17,195thMost Scientifically Advanced: 17,628thSafest: 17,639thHighest Economic Output: 17,826thHealthiest Citizens: 18,140thMost Secular: 18,915thMost Cultured: 19,926thLargest Populations: 22,986thLargest Welfare Programs: 24,305thLargest Information Technology Sector: 27,355thHighest Poor Incomes: 27,649thMost Developed: 28,635thMost Income Equality: 29,363rdLowest Crime Rates: 29,967thLargest Governments: 31,039th
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 141st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 237th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 300th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 305th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 330th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 425th in the regionBest Weather: 438th in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 510th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 612th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 639th in the regionLargest Populations: 644th in the regionMost Inclusive: 656th in the regionTop
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Most Compassionate Citizens: 694th in the regionMost Pacifist: 696th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 702nd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 711th in the regionNicest Citizens: 712th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 741st in the regionMost Politically Free: 811th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 968th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 983rd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1,023rd in the regionSafest: 1,047th in the regionMost Cultured: 1,063rd in the regionMost Secular: 1,068th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 1,180th in the regionMost Income Equality: 1,214th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Zombies and Most Survivors.
  • : Following new legislation in Southern Gotham, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet.
  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Following new legislation in Southern Gotham, Southern Gothamen police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests.
  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : Southern Gotham was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : Following new legislation in Southern Gotham, the official Southern Gothamen Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child.

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